A natural cultural museum located at the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia; the Melbourne Museum was designed by Denton Corker Marshall Architects in year 2001. The museum contains seven galleries, a temporary gallery on three levels and a children’s gallery which was constructed by Baulderstone Hornibrook. Tourists travelling for business or pleasure and are seeking for accommodation in the area could consider a stay at a featured serviced apartment Melbourne offers such as Oaks On Collins.
Situated adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The Science and life Gallery which is part of the museum feature a skeleton of Diprotodon and dinosaur skeletons of Tarbosaurus, Tsintaosaurus and Mamenchisaurus. It also showcases exhibitions on Bugs Alive, Dinosaur Walk, Marine Life: Exploring our seas and Wild: amazing animals in a changing world. Visitors to the museum could also explore a large skeleton of the Pygmy Blue Whale, and the world’s first exhibition about the features of the mind named Mind: enter labyrinth.
The little ones visiting the Melbourne Museum are given the opportunity to self learn at the museum with live animals, life size replicas of objects and turtles etc. Melbourne Museum was recognized with awards such as the Australian Tourism Award for the Best Major Tourist Attraction in 2011.When touring the city of Melbourne a trip to the museum is not to be missed out as it can be quite entertaining for young and old alike.
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